Safety-pocket for trousers.



G. MILLER.

SAFETY POCKET FOR TROUSERS.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 24, 1913.

Patented Nov. 24, 1914.

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CARL MILLER, OF SHENANDOAH, PENNSYLVANIA.

SAFETY-POCKET FOR TROUSERS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed December 24, 1913. Serial No. 808,589.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CARL MILLER, a cit-izen of the United States, and aresident of Shenandoah, in the county of Schuylkill,

ing a garment of neat appearance.

Another object of the invention is to employ the pocket closure flap asa keeper for the belt and to provide the upper edge of said flap withfastening devices securing it in place over said belt. 7

The foregoing and other objects of the invention will hereinafter bemore fully described and claimed and illustrated in the drawings forminga part of this specification in which like characters of reference willindicate corresponding parts in both the views, and in which- Figure 1is an elevation of a portion of the upper rear part of a pair oftrousers provided with my improvements; and Fig. 2 is a sectional detailon the line 22 of Fig. 1.

The several parts of the device may be made of any suitable materials,and the relative sizes and proportions, as well as the general design ofthe mechanism, may be varied to a considerable extent without departingfrom the spirit of the invention,

hereinafter more fullyset forth and specifically claimed.

Referring more particularly to the drawings for a detail description ofthe construction, I show at 10 the rear or seat portion of a pair oftrousers of. any approved design, the same being provided with a pair ofhip pockets 11. The main pocket as usual depends within the portion: 10.Instead, however, of having an open or un-. protected mouthior flap forthe upper part of the pocket, I provide a flap. 12 stitched neatly alongits: lower edge at 13 to the outer edge of what would ordinarily be themouth of the Fig. 2. Said flap may have an inner lining or facing 12 11of the pocket, if desired.

The trousers are shownprovided with a waistband 15 having a facing 15,both of the Waistband parts beingstitched at 16 to the upper edge of themain part of the fabric. Any suitable number or location of keepers 17may be provided to carry a belt 18.

In the closed position, as shown at the left side of Fig. 1, the upperedge 12 of the flap is secured along the upper edge of the waistband byany suitable temporary fasteners such as snap buttons 19 and 20, leavingthe outer face of the pocket and its flap perfectly smooth and renderingthe pocket not only invisible but incapable of access by a strangerwithout attracting the wearers attention. the belt adjacent the pocketand might in some instances take the place of the usual belt keepers 17.Proper access to the pocket may, of course, be had by unfastening theupper edge of the flap, the flap dropping,

as shown in the right portion of Fig. 1 and in dotted lines in Fig. 2,and thereafter the flap may be closed and secured as above described.From my practical experience I have demonstrated that this improvementmay be easily incorporated in a pair of trousers and adds little expensethereto.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent 1. The herein described hip pocket construction formens trousers, the same comprising the combination with the main fabrichaving a waistband, of a pocket construction having an opening below thewaistband and including a flap stitched along the upper outer edge ofthe pocket proper adjacent the lower edge of the PatentedNov. 24, 1914.

pocket, as indicated at 14,.

corresponding to the facing Said flap also covers waistband and movableupwardly into closing position, and fastening devices secured to theupper edge thereof adjacent the upper edge of the waistband.

2. The combination with a pair of trousers and a belt carried thereby,of a safety pocket including a flap secured permanently along the edgeof the pocket below and parallel to the lower. edge of the belt,

and fastening devices for securing the upper name to this specificationin the presence egg'e off the flap removaloly1 to the1 upper of twosubscribing Witnesses.

e e 0 the-trousersaralle ito an iabove l 5 th? upper edge, of th beltsaidifiap cone .7 V L stituting a safety closure for the pocket end--Witnesses:

constituting a keeper or guerd fonthe belt; Leon Fnmmnm: In testimonywhereof I have signed my Z. F. LYNKIEWICZ.

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